djones51
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| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation Yes, electrical noise can enter the DAC but is that really relevant if the DAC has a measure of -120 SINAD from the analog output? Whatever noise came in has been reduced in the DAC to inaudible levels. It might not be perfect but it’s good enough... | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC Yes, DACs have an analog output and the noise floor can be measured on those outputs. No matter how much noise comes in on the digital side if the DAC measures noise at inaudible levels on the analog side then it’s doing job and is a well designed... | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC Yes I did, sorry about that. There are dealers who take new returns. I think The Music Room has a return policy on used. | |
| BlueSound Node 2i > RME ADI2 DAC > NAD 316 BEE v2 > Dali Rubicon 5 (volume too high) There is a fixed setting in the Node2i as well. | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery I bought a 68 Camaro SS 396 for $700 in 1974 in the middle of the oil embargo. In 76 I bought a 74 MGB. | |
| Do Ethernet cable Cat8 DH Labs need burn in It's your brain getting used to the new sound. | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation I've tried Kimber and didn't notice a difference of course I had my wife switch between the expensive and generic cable to eliminate bias. Try the DH Labs you mentioned. | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation Let me see if I can figure this out. You're using a pretty good DAC with galvanic isolation and a basic cable and getting good sound but you read on a forum somewhere that computers generate noise and you need an expensive cable even though as you... | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation So, with galvanic isolation, cable quality (as long as it's certified usb 2.0) is not that critical?Correct.Why is cable quality an issue with much more expensive DAC's?It isn't. Wouldn't most newer, more expensive DAC's use galvanic isolation?So... | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation The Peachtree DAC itx has galvanic isolated USB, you're using it now. You don't need any special cable. | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC DACs don't extract information off CDs or Streams they convert what's been sent to them. The speakers, room placement and treatments will affect the sound a lot more than the DAC. The OP could also try a newer NAD CD player with the newer 24 bit W... | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC It's like you said in your original post it is a pretty good DAC in the NAD. It's not that some of these DACs mentioned wouldn't sound different, not necessarily better, but you were asking about significant improvement. You already noticed how yo... | |
| Looking for recommendations It SHD Studio comes with an outboard power supply, the SHD it's internal. | |
| Which R2R DAC UP TO 1K: ORGANIC, FULL-BODIED, DEEP SOUNDSTAGE If don't need volume control Shiit Modius looks interesting. | |
| Looking for recommendations If you use your DAC you could look at the SHD Studio. It has Dirac as well. |